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Evaluation of the Advanced Collapsed-cone Engine for High Dose Rate Ir-192 GYN and Scalp Brachytherapy
DownloadSpring 2017
Standard treatment planning in brachytherapy (BT) uses the well-accepted TG-43 dose calculation formalism, which does not account for tissue or material heterogeneities. However, recent developments in BT have led to commercial treatment planning systems (TPSs) using model based dose calculation...
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Radiobiological Modeling and Experimental Quantification of Radiobiological Parameters used in Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy Dose Calculation
DownloadSpring 2022
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated 604,000 cases identified in 2020. The standard care for locally advanced cervical cancers is concurrent chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with a brachytherapy (BT) boost. Current guidelines recommend...